Bath Shower Home Design

LStafford August 14, 2017 LAYOUT DESCRIPTION DUE TO NOT HAVING PHOTOS: Okay, so my home is a 1985 colonial, and our main floor layout is a bit awkward. The front door opens into a foyer, to the left is the formal dining room , to the right is 1 of 2 entrances into the great room, as well as the stairwell. Continue forward and you will see the back doors which are located in our kitchen. If you then go right from our kitchen, there is a tiny hallway that leads to the 2nd entrance to our great room. Now... here is where it gets awkward. Our great room is rectangular with a fire place in the middle of the exterior wall (you can see the fireplace from the kitchen), there is also a half bathroom located between the kitchen & great room with the door opening up into the great room. Across of the half bathroom door , is the door to the utility room. I do not mind the utility room's placement, however I'm becoming more and more bothered with the half bath. It is the only bathr...

I think we can all agree that the bathroom can pose significant “decorating” challenges to the layperson. Would you agree? It’s typically such a small space designed largely for utilitarian purposes. While many large and spacious sitting-room- esque bathrooms exist (and good for you if you have those!), they aren’t the norm. In general, bathrooms must squeeze a lot of function into a rather small footprint . View in gallery View in gallery It is this challenge that makes bathroom decorating so important. It’s a space that many people use, so it should be pleasant and well styled. But “decorate” can feel like a loaded word sometimes. In its utilitarian role, a bathroom calls for non-traditional forms of decorating. In fact, I’ve discovered that, often, successful bathrooms are less decorated and more designed. In this article, we’ll look at several ways of how to decorate a bathroom without clutter. View in gallery How to Decorate a Long, Narrow Bathroom A common bathroom layout is ...